-Rainford Kalaba has been ruled out of Zesco United’s Caf Africa Champions League clash against Al Hilal to be played this Saturday at the Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola due to injury.
The midfielder has failed to recover from an ankle injury that has plagued him for the last one and a half months.
Kalaba has struggled for fitness since playing for Zesco in the preliminary round of the competition against URA of Uganda in a 2-0 win over the latter on February 16 in Kampala.
The influential midfielder subsequently limped off in Zesco’s next two competitive matches and has been out of action ever since.
Kalaba also failed to make the Under-23 team’s Caf Africa Nations Championship game against Swaziland last weekend due to the same injury.
Meanwhile, Al Hilal arrived in Ndola via charter flight on Tuesday night.
The Sudanese league champions who lead Zesco 2-0 from the first leg played a fortnight ago are training from Wanderers club in Ndola ahead of this weekends crucial clash.
-Green Buffaloes this afternoon left for politically tense Zimbabwe ahead of this Sunday Caf Confederations cup match against Highlanders ion Bulawayo.
Buffaloes have declared they are going to play football and not politics in Zimbabwe that is in the midst of political uncertainty due to a protracted delay in releasing of the full general election results in that country.
Highlanders and Buffaloes are level on 1-1 from the first leg played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka on March 22 going into this weekends first round, final leg clash.
However, Buffaloes will travel to Bulawayo minus first choice goalkeeper Mike Poto who has a family bereavement.
Taking Poto’s place will be Brian Mulenga while Dave Kaumbwa will be first choice in the Zambia international absence.
so who knows about kalabas going to braga, here in SA only Kennedy Mweene seems to be active , the rest i dont now were they are even Chama Boy has stopped scoring. chipolopolo for life. lets see how Gunner and the Reds will sort out each other today.
Royal Zambian
Zesco FC has no chance of making it to he next round. It will be impossible for them to score two goals against a seasoned team like Al Hilal. On the other hand GBFC will carry the day in Zim……..
All the best to the Zambian teams
no results for last weekend’s matches?we rely on you for local lge results.wanna know how my team brave rangers did.
Too bad for Young Kalaba only wish a quick recovery. Zesco and Buffuloes have uphill battles to climb. Every game starts with game plan and wish the two teams best of Luck. Bupe there league was postponed due to FAZ elections.
Nkana 0 Rangers 10
Nkana 0 Rangers 50
Iwe mulumba is it the same mulumba who was at Chingola Secondary School?? Tell me
Some people are really crazy. They tell us they will never be on this blog again, only to resurface again.
When is Kalaba suppose to go abroad?am sure if zesco wont beat these guys from sudan,it will be because they missed the boy.When are ever gonig to stop depending one one good player.The teasm has eleven player on the pitch.Wade no excuses when things dont go well.Just tell your boys to play their lungs out for the nation’s pride
that’s me who’s this?
ZESCO 1 Hilal 1
Zesco are out and burried.
what of the game in zimbabwe, any results yet.?
ba Zesco nabo
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